The Connors Chronicles, Rise of the Dark Wizard
Reeks: The Connors Chronicles
C. G. Peltier
- Being
- born
- a
- wizard
- royal
- has
- been
- the
- wish
- of
- many
- Freedonian
- children.
- One
- could
- only
- imagine
- what
- it
- would
- be
- like
- to
- live
- in
- a
- castle,
- having
- your
- every
- need
- taken
- care
- of
- and
- one
- day
- becoming
- the
- King
- or
- Queen
- of
- Freedonia.
- These
- are
- the
- things
- that
- dreams
- are
- made
- of.
The
- young
- Connors
- twins
- wake
- to
- find
- their
- clothes
- pressed
- and
- laid
- out
- for
- them
- as
- usual,
- but
- these
- days
- are
- far
- from
- usual.
- Young
- Prince
- Charlie
- and
- Kelly
- are
- unaware
- of
- the
- evil
- coming
- their
- way.
- The
- life
- they
- had
- come
- to
- know
- is
- coming
- to
- an
- end.
As
- they
- head
- to
- breakfast,
- they
- know
- that
- they
- will
- be
- eating
- alone,
- again.
- They
- understand
- why
- their
- parents,
- Prince
- Charles
- and
- Lady
- Catherine,
- won’t
- be
- there.
- The
- health
- of
- their
- ailing
- grandfather,
- the
- the
- king,
- is
- declining.
- He
- has
- much
- to
- pass
- on
- to
- his
- heir
- and
- not
- much
- time
- left
- to
- do
- it
- in.
If
- that
- is
- not
- bad
- enough,
- Drake
- Aldric,
- the
- Commander
- of
- the
- Castle
- Guard
- and
- the
- Freedonian
- Army
- has
- canceled
- the
- twin's
- tenth
- birthday
- party,
- because
- of
- a
- threat
- made
- to
- the
- royal
- family.
No
- one
- likes
- this
- lockdown,
- but
- Drake
- Aldric
- is
- following
- the
- Guard
- manual,
- Section
- Twelve,
- Paragraph
- Four
- to
- the
- letter.
- Due
- to
- the
- threat
- to
- the
- royals,
- he
- has
- tripled
- the
- number
- of
- guards
- and
- moved
- the
- army
- closer
- to
- the
- village.
- Access
- to
- the
- castle
- has
- been
- limited.
- Any
- royal
- leaving
- the
- royal
- quarters
- must
- be
- protected
- by
- armed
- security
- guards
- at
- all
- times.
To
- make
- matters
- worse,
- even
- the
- twin’s
- three
- godfathers
- didn’t
- come
- to
- see
- the
- twins
- on
- their
- birthday.
- The
- castle
- staff,
- Molly
- and
- Mick
- McGruter
- and
- Sarah
- and
- Patrick
- Magee
- know
- why
- they
- didn't
- come,
- but
- they
- don’t
- have
- the
- heart
- to
- tell
- the
- twins
- the
- reason.
- Someone
- had
- accused
- their
- godfathers
- of
- trying
- to
- kill
- a
- pub
- keeper
- in
- the
- village.
- Even
- with
- finding
- Russell
- McIntyre's
- knife
- at
- the
- scene,
- the
- castle
- staff
- can't
- believe
- these
- allegation.
- The
- victim
- had
- no
- memory
- of
- the
- incident
- at
- all.
- These
- three
- were
- not
- cold
- blooded
- killers.
- But
- friends
- couldn't
- understand
- why
- the
- three
- ran
- away.
- None
- of
- this
- made
- a
- lick
- of
- sense.
Then
- there
- is
- the
- Blackthorn
- Prophecies,
- the
- third
- one
- to
- be
- exact.
- Few
- have
- ever
- heard
- of
- the
- Blackthorn
- Sorcerers
- or
- believe
- they
- ever
- existed.
- Fewer
- have
- heard
- of
- the
- three
- prophecies.
- It
- is
- said
- they
- were
- foretold
- by
- the
- last
- of
- these
- sorcerers,
- on
- his
- deathbed.
- It
- would
- be
- easy
- to
- dismiss
- them
- as
- mere
- fables
- or
- ever
- changing
- legends.
- They
- very
- well
- could
- be
- the
- result
- of
- someone's
- overactive
- imagination.
What
- if...the
- prophecies
- are
- real?
With
- the
- king's
- failing
- health,
- the
- twin's
- father,
- Prince
- Charles
- Connors
- IV
- will
- soon
- replace
- his
- father
- as
- King
- of
- Freedonia.
- He
- will
- be
- free
- to
- investigate
- all
- these
- mysterious
- happenings.
- By
- then,
- it
- will
- be
- too
- late.
Only
- four
- enchanted
- animals
- are
- aware
- of
- the
- existence
- of
- the
- evil
- master
- plan
- to
- eliminate
- the
- Connors
- royal
- family,
- but
- what
- can
- four
- animals
- do?
With
- all
- this,
- you
- might
- want
- to
- wish
- for
- something
- other
- than
- being
- a
- member
- of
- a
- royal
- family.
What
- follows
- is
- what
- nightmares
- are
- made of.
